Ebook {Epub PDF} The Mortifications by Derek Palacio

 · “The Mortifications, Derek Palacio's gorgeous debut novel about Cuba and its people—those who left, those who can never leave—will tear through your heart, and at the center of this swirling, magical story are the Encarnacións, a family full of enough dysfunction, heartache, love, loss, magic, urgent need, sensuality, and sexuality to.  · “The Mortifications, Derek Palacio's gorgeous debut novel about Cuba and its people—those who left, those who can never leave—will tear through your heart, and at the center of this swirling, magical story are the Encarnacións, a family full of enough dysfunction, heartache, love, loss, magic, urgent need, sensuality, and sexuality to make you long for your own family of heartbreaking Brand: Crown Publishing Group. DEREK PALACIO | author of The Mortifications. Derek Palacio’s stunning, mythic novel marks the arrival of a fresh voice and a new chapter in the history of 21st century Cuban-American literature. DEREK PALACIO. author of The Mortifications. About. Work. Events. Contact. Home.

" The Mortifications is a sweeping, moving story of a family in a permanent state of longing. Shimmering in its immediacy and wisdom, this is a novel about how the desire for lost home and family can grow wild over a life in ways that are both beautiful and devastating. Derek Palacio is a gift of a writer." (Ramona Ausubel). Derek Palacio's debut novel, The Mortifications, is very much the latter. It is hot sun and cool rain, morning fog and the hum of a fan in the window. It ranges and roams, this book. When it. THE MORTIFICATIONS. by Derek Palacio ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 4, A powerful family saga, Palacio's gorgeous and challenging debut follows the Encarnacións as they navigate the space between Hartford, Connecticut, and their native Cuba.

Derek Palacio. Derek Palacio was born in Evanston, IL, in but grew up in Greenland, NH. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the Ohio State University. Palacio's work has appeared in Puerto del Sol and The Kenyon Review, and his story “Sugarcane,” was selected for inclusion in The O. Henry Prize Stories The Mortifications is fascinated with bodies—especially the physical manifestations of emotions. The novel takes its ideas of suffering and sacrifice in part from Catholic theology. Here, mortification is a sanctified means of purifying the body through privation. “The Mortifications is a sweeping, moving story of a family in a permanent state of longing. Shimmering in its immediacy and wisdom, this is a novel about how the desire for lost home and family can grow wild over a life in ways that are both beautiful and devastating. Derek Palacio is a gift of a writer.” —Ramona Ausubel.